Mounting NFS share on client changes permissions to read-only

GATTACA · 12-03-2008, 11:14 AM

Hello.

This is a strange one and so all suggestions are welcome.

A folder I'm exporting as read-write from an NFS server is getting mounted on the client as drwxrwx---.

On the NFS server I've checked the /etc/exports file:

Code:

/home/schd_share 123.123.123.123(rw,no_root_squash,sync)

On the client side the /etc/fstab line reads:

Code:

n16:/home/schd_share    /schd_submissions       nfs     rw,hard,intr    0 0

The user and group id's are identical on both machines.
The problem persists even if I turn off the firewalls.

I've tried to manually mount the share:

Code:

# mount -v -t nfs -o rw n16:/home/schd_share /schd_submissions
mount.nfs: trying 141.214.4.95 prog 100003 vers 3 prot TCP port 2049
mount.nfs: trying 141.214.4.95 prog 100005 vers 3 prot UDP port 4002
n16:/home/schd_share on /schd_submissions type nfs (rw)

This results in the nfs share being mounted but with the wrong permissions.
Before I mount the share the folder /schd_submissions has the correct permissions: drwxrwxr-x
After mounting it changes to: drwxrwx---

I'm running Fedora 8 with kernel 2.6.26.6-49 on the client machine (fully patched and updated).
The nfs server is RHEL 5 fully patched and updated kernel.

Any ideas what's going on?

Thanks in advance

rahulk · 12-03-2008, 01:19 PM

answer is simple...the NFS mount is originated from the server hence the directory permissions on the server will be used for client. The mount points do not follow the local server's permission as they are not local..

Hence if you have 755 on server for folder /A, the client will mount it as 755 irrespective of what your mount point folder permission was on the client.

To correct the problem, give the folder on the server, the permissions you want the client to have.

On server:- /sch** should have 775 permission.

On client before mounting:- /sch** can have any permission.

After mounting on client:- /sch** will have 775 permission.

Best Regards,
Rahul Khare.